“Having been given a glimmer of hope only two or three weeks ago, the people of Lacock and district have had their hopes shattered by the announcement that Lacock Post Office will close after all.”

“Lacock Post Office not only serves the tens of thousands of visitors who come to the village every year but also a wider rural hinterland.”

“The Conservative Party have called a debate on the subject of post office closures scheduled for this afternoon and I call on the hundred or so Labour MPs who are campaigning to keep post offices in their own constituencies open, to join with us in the voting lobbies this evening to reverse this and the many other disgraceful closures scheduled across England.”